allows us to study the income effect. After the reform, mothers substantially prolonged the average period they drew an … allowance. The labor market participation of mothers of young children decreased by 6 percentage points (15%). The estimated … particularly strong among mothers with their first child (10 p.p. or 28%) and among university-educated mothers (16 p.p. or 36 …

exploit the setting of the German reunification. A state socialist country, East Germany strongly encouraged mothers to … reunification, we show that even a partial exposure to East German colleagues induces "native" West German mothers to accelerate …

non-mothers who work and mothers who do not work are more likely to agree that pre-school children suffer if mothers work …

liberalization when mothers were 20 years old. We find a robust positive association between progressive beliefs among the … grandmothers' cohort and mothers' likelihood to work while having a small child (0 to 5 years old) relative to similar women …

We investigate how mother’s employment during childhood affects long term child outcomes. We utilize rich longitudinal …

This paper investigates the impact of workplace breastfeeding laws on the labor supply of mothers. We exploit a unique …

physical and mental health and subjective well-being. The reform extended paid leave for first-time mothers by six months to a …

identification strategy relies on German maternity leave length. The key aspect of the maternal leave framework is that mothers can … wage. The results provide evidence that mothers are willing to sacrifice a significant fraction of their wage to reduce …

We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers …. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives particularly for low …

identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative …